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Speaker
Jawaher Abdelhamid
Head of Public Policy, Middle East & Africa, Snap Inc.
Jawaher Abdelhamid is Head of Public Policy at Snap Inc. for the Middle East and Africa, where she leads regulatory and government affairs across a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Her work focuses on online safety, data privacy, content regulation, and responsible innovation in technologies such as AI and AR, helping build a balanced environment that supports both growth and protection.
Jawaher previously held policy and partnership roles at Uber and Twitter, where she led the development and implementation of regulatory strategies across MENA. She is a mentor with Women in Tech and a member of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Young Arab Leaders network. She holds a Master’s in International Law and Diplomacy from Sorbonne University and a Master’s in Management and Strategy from Harvard.
At BRIDGE Summit, Jawaher will examine how platforms, policymakers, and communities can collaborate to build safer, more inclusive digital spaces and what responsible innovation should look like in the coming decade.
UAE
Creator Economy
Jawaher Abdelhamidat BRIDGE
- Gaming Fireside 9 December 3:55 - 4:15PM
Safe Digital Spaces and Powering Youth’s Rise in Global Media
As young people become creators, storytellers, and digital citizens at unprecedented scale, the responsibility on media leaders and platforms grows just as quickly. This session explores how safe, trusted, and culturally grounded digital spaces can unlock youth creativity and empower the next generation to shape global media. From building future-ready ecosystems and fostering responsible innovation to developing talent pipelines that prepare young people for leadership, the conversation examines what it takes to protect youth while enabling them to thrive—and ultimately rise—as influential voices in the world’s media landscape.
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